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the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with nothing more than the clothes on his back and a tank of gasoline threatening to set himself on fire. owed to me by the state nothing more nothing less i sold my country as a soldier and i will stay here to the end i do not fear death i saw it in the army many times but is this what i deserve. his tears echo the pain and abandonment people here feel the government has no time for us there is money there is a lot of money to help people like us netanyahu couldn't care less he will win again i know this. is a disgrace the prime minister netanyahu has formed committees to deal with the demands of anti a
the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with...
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it's extraordinary the complacency about this the british ministry of defense apparently shut down its north african desk in two thousand and ten and then of course in two thousand and eleven britain and france lead the intervention in libya and we're getting kind of and i look into this problem as a kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really looked through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite contrary spreads and similarly in mali the argument is that france is intervening to stop chaos but the risk must be from what we've seen with interventions before that the french intervention actually tend to send ripples of disorder further around the region the surprising thing is that some fairly basic security measures which are just really numbers of guards would not apply to that bay are the same places here on all sides what seems to. me is that to the insofar as the molly ivins probably sparklers nobody seems to think that perhaps for the most groups to come from somewhere other than mali it
it's extraordinary the complacency about this the british ministry of defense apparently shut down its north african desk in two thousand and ten and then of course in two thousand and eleven britain and france lead the intervention in libya and we're getting kind of and i look into this problem as a kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really looked through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite...
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law and that's thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike with a network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals editor of a japan based news website james corbet however suggests alterian motives. i don't think that we have to look at this current content bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this this point but i think it has to be seen as a wider part of the u.s. nuclear policy that's been stretching up for decades now trying to come up with ways to justify the existence of some of the u.s. is the existing nuclear arsenal and looking for ways to create new weapon this is so for example we have to be sixty one dash eleven nuclear bunker busters that with the four hundred kill it i mean old that they've been harboring and talking about for in the better part of a decade now in relation to iran and trying to bust through into iran's new funders around nuclear facilities or alleged nuclear facilities now they're just shifting that rhetoric
law and that's thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike with a network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals editor of a japan based news website james corbet however suggests alterian motives. i don't think that we have to look at this current content bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this this point but i think it has to be seen as a...
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minister's brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a major corruption scandal for several months now and authorities are to quote lost his job in november and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former subordinates. now to other news from around the world a string of roadside bombings in shiite muslim regions of iraq has raised the death toll to at least sixty people since wednesday and extended a deadly wave of bloodshed into a second day the deadliest of the attacks targeting shiite muslim areas killed at least seven people after two car bombs exploded near shia pilgrims traveling to a shrine in a city north of baghdad although there was no immediate com a claim of response i should say responsibility such attacks are a tactic of sunni insurgents seeking to undermine the shiite led government. safe gadhafi the son of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi has appeared in court in libya for the first time since his capture more than a year ago he is facing charges of handing secret data to an international criminal court lawyer putting th
minister's brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a major corruption scandal for several months now and authorities are to quote lost his job in november and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former subordinates. now to other news from around the world a string of roadside bombings in shiite muslim regions of iraq has raised the death toll to at least sixty people since wednesday and extended a deadly wave of bloodshed into a second day the...
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it's been reported that russia's former defense minister could find himself in the center of a criminal case and the tories served a cold is now being investigated over allegations of abusing his power but the protests already revealed that some top defense officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a military vacation facility belonging to surgical the brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a multimillion dollar embezzlement scandal for several months now and it's only surgical was fired by president putin in november and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former colleagues. a look now at some stories from around the world after the latest round of talks officials from the u.n. nuclear watchdog are returning from iran without securing a deal on investigating suspected atomic bomb research. inspectors have been denied access to a military site which they've been trying to get inside for several years more talks are scheduled for mid february the u.s. and israel have long accused iran of efforts to develop nuclear weapons which
it's been reported that russia's former defense minister could find himself in the center of a criminal case and the tories served a cold is now being investigated over allegations of abusing his power but the protests already revealed that some top defense officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a military vacation facility belonging to surgical the brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a multimillion dollar embezzlement scandal for several months now and...
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law that's thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how the u.s. could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals we'd better get into this right now james corbett joins us live on the program. based news website of the call but a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on so quickly the u.s. government is operating on the assumption that there are three thousand miles worth of tunnels crisscrossing china allegedly containing three thousand nuclear warheads do you believe it. well i'm not even sure that the u.s. government really believes that this is really on the back of a study that was commissioned out of georgetown university last year were two years ago now that found that in this network of tunnels that we do know exist and we can see from out of satellite telemetry we do know that the these tunnels exist and it's just sheer speculation about what exists within them at this point u.s. intelligence estimates puts the chinese nuclear arsenal something like three hundred but this this stud
law that's thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how the u.s. could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals we'd better get into this right now james corbett joins us live on the program. based news website of the call but a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on so quickly the u.s. government is operating on the assumption that there are three thousand miles worth of tunnels crisscrossing...
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the us defense secretary's in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down the on panetta has been reaffirming washington's military wings across the atlantic in madrid he said that america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry. the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states being at peace in any type of permanent manner wars for the united states are a double sided sward on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy they produce an input to that economy on the other hand as we seen in afghanistan interact they also drain the economy on one side so it's almost a endless circle a have to continue off and b.'s the intervention still be able to bring in the resources to be able to then say we're able to have new interventions and unfortunately that's been the story of t
the us defense secretary's in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down the on panetta has been reaffirming washington's military wings across the atlantic in madrid he said that america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry. the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to...
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defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. even the british army running out of nearly running out of bullets at one point in helmand due to the mass slaughter that it was initiating there we saw that that was a crock of lies and i think what hollande is saying is the same this is a ground invasion of africa and they're hoping france britain and the us are hoping to establish permanent military presence and occupation of africa and this is this is one way they're going to be able to do it it's not going to be a short story if you say if you say they're trying to get some sort of permanent occupation of this part of africa why what's their point what's their motivations are. well there's a number of things i think we have to analyze this from a number of different angles the first thing to be always borne in mind analyzing any western intervention in the third world that isn't in africa latin
defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. even the british army running out of nearly running out of bullets at one point in helmand due to the mass slaughter that it was initiating there we saw that that was a crock of lies and i think what hollande is saying is the same this is a ground invasion of africa and they're hoping...
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want a new relationship in the political structure and probe into the activities of russia's former defense minister has led to a criminal case being launched and intel is here to kabul being investigated over allegations of abuse of power the program has already revealed that same top some top to fans officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a vacation base along into the former defense minister's brother in law a fan's ministry has been at the center of a manger of corruption scandal for several months now and it's always their dickov lost his job and amber and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former subordinates. and. you're watching our t.v. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a string of roadside bombings and shiite muslim regions of iraq has raised the dast to at least sixty people since wednesday an extended a deadly wave of bloodshed into a second day the deadliest of the attacks targeting shiite muslim areas killed at least seven people after two car bombs exploded near shia pilgrims traveling to a shrine in the
want a new relationship in the political structure and probe into the activities of russia's former defense minister has led to a criminal case being launched and intel is here to kabul being investigated over allegations of abuse of power the program has already revealed that same top some top to fans officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a vacation base along into the former defense minister's brother in law a fan's ministry has been at the center of a manger of corruption...
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defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups it includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and saw they feel it should reinforce their military and political presence in asia the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in the world so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy them to missile defense shield as a provocation against russian. regime change comes at a high cost a recent study of the arab spring has revealed that the egyptian syrian and libyan revolutions could set those countries back some two hundred twenty five billion dollars middle east economic analyst thinks that th
defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups it includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to and the most serious danger...
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the final total could now top the originally planned twenty five hundred according to the country's defense minister paris has meanwhile urged west african you're seeing their commitment to fighting is obvious militants in mali and their meeting in the ivory coast foreign minister laurent fabius stressed out the current french campaign was never intended as a substitute for an african led contingent deployed under un security council resolution france has also asked for more logistical assistance from the un in the ongoing conflict one of baseball what activists john rees says the mali intervention shows that western powers haven't learned from similar campaigns such as libya and against. the constant attentions of the imperial powers have generation after generation worsen the problem not made it better i'm surprised that they don't bore themselves by repeating this line we've heard it over afghanistan we've heard it over iraq we've heard it over libya and we should recall that right at the beginning of this process more than a decade ago the head of the security services in britain warned
the final total could now top the originally planned twenty five hundred according to the country's defense minister paris has meanwhile urged west african you're seeing their commitment to fighting is obvious militants in mali and their meeting in the ivory coast foreign minister laurent fabius stressed out the current french campaign was never intended as a substitute for an african led contingent deployed under un security council resolution france has also asked for more logistical...
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well the french defense minister said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali let's see if france can void a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande had initially hoped for at the start of this intervention it would take a look at the map here this northern part that you see in yellow is controlled by al-qaeda linked rebels and local tor against surgeons and this is marked as i said by this enormous yellow that is the size of france itself so you can imagine the territory that we're talking about here some of the weapons that these attackers were using insurgents in mali is actually came from the french led campaign to get rid of colonel gadhafi in libya so the weapons are coming in from libya in to mali . if we take a look at another neighbor algeria there's expected that and we've already seen this hostage crisis although it's expected that this crisis could move throughout the region libyan smugglers taking more arms in throughout syria we're hearing reports about that. all this could make it difficult for france to fully secure the area in a short amount of time as i
well the french defense minister said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali let's see if france can void a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande had initially hoped for at the start of this intervention it would take a look at the map here this northern part that you see in yellow is controlled by al-qaeda linked rebels and local tor against surgeons and this is marked as i said by this enormous yellow that is the size of france itself so you can imagine the territory that...
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well the french defense minister said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali what's now see if france can avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hopes for at the start of the invention and if we take a look at the map here we can see of that. link rebels and local to reckon surgeons control the north of the country and the area is marked yellow here on the map in fact if you look at it closely it's quite big and it's almost as big as the size of france and some of some of the weapons used by mali's insurgents came from the french led overthrow of the khadafi regime in libya france itself air dropped arms to the libyan rebels while gadhafi is arsenal was also right after his fall and now there are concerns about libyan smugglers taking more arms through jury and into mali all this could make it difficult for france to fully secure the area in a short amount of time as it initially planned at a national relations professor mark almond says the current situation in mali could lead to even further unrest across the region. we're getting a kind of and i would add
well the french defense minister said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali what's now see if france can avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hopes for at the start of the invention and if we take a look at the map here we can see of that. link rebels and local to reckon surgeons control the north of the country and the area is marked yellow here on the map in fact if you look at it closely it's quite big and it's almost as big as the size of france and some of...
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ground the final total could top the originally planned twenty five hundred according to the country's defense minister paris has meanwhile urged west african leaders to increase their commitments to fighting islam this militants in mali and they are meeting in the ivory coast foreign minister laurent fabius stressed that the current french campaign was never intended as a substitute for an african led contingent deployed under un security council resolution france has also asked for more logistical assistance from the un in the ongoing conflict former pentagon official michael maloof says france could be drawn into a lengthy afghanistan like scenario. this demonstrates how the a.q. . in the maghreb and islamic magreb basically are coordinating their activities and this is part of an over our overall. plan to basically take that northern part of africa as a. up in stone into europe itself and there's been threats in paris already by mali ns and and what's really tragic is the fact that the united states trained a lot of these. now terrorists who basically defected from the government and and k
ground the final total could top the originally planned twenty five hundred according to the country's defense minister paris has meanwhile urged west african leaders to increase their commitments to fighting islam this militants in mali and they are meeting in the ivory coast foreign minister laurent fabius stressed that the current french campaign was never intended as a substitute for an african led contingent deployed under un security council resolution france has also asked for more...
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well the french defense minister has said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali let's now see if france can avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hopes for at the start of this intervention it would take a look at them out we can see that al-qaeda linked rebels and local tore against surgeons are in control of the country's north that's this yellow colored here that area is as big as france itself now some of the weapons used by mali insurgents actually came from the french led overthrow of the gadhafi regime here in. libya france and south airdrops arms to the libyan rebels while gadhafi is arsenal was also raided after his fall and now there are concerns about libyan smugglers taking more arms through algeria and they're in to mali well this could make it difficult for france to fully secure the area in a short amount of time as the president hopes international relations professor mark almond says the current situation in mali could lead to even further on ras across the region we're getting a kind of and i look into this problem as a kind of backwash fr
well the french defense minister has said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali let's now see if france can avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hopes for at the start of this intervention it would take a look at them out we can see that al-qaeda linked rebels and local tore against surgeons are in control of the country's north that's this yellow colored here that area is as big as france itself now some of the weapons used by mali insurgents actually came from...
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department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and a lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't have anything to say about someone needs to represent that perspective in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the middle east and africa however experts say if leaders in washington don't begin learning from the past the only foreign policy factor that will continue changing is the geographic location of america's fates holidays and repeated mistakes reporting from new york. r.t. . sometimes they come though the clothes you wear decides whether you live or die i owe a report on the violent gang wars and the us towns here interesting and. could be the ever. gone. left nothing to live. for precious children. like. roger shoulders. leave it's. on our to. russia would be soon which bryson if you knew no bounds to move
department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and a lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't have anything to say about someone needs to represent that perspective in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the...
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brussels yuri skeptics often forget is that margaret search of balance those warnings with a staunch defense of britain's place at the heart of. the truth is though that these days and that speech will be a hard sell it's growing and. sentiment it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to please those within his party rest of us sidelines we can't believe it because this is going on this sort of fear for angry family squabble all out in the open i mean. the tory party with so much riding on this speech he tries to please everyone i think david cameron the very real risk of pleasing no one is to. say the time has come for the big europe speech delayed so many times already it's been nicknamed the tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow speech and it's now expected you get some more surf. london. stay tuned to r.t. this friday as we bring you our special coverage of david cameron's big speech on europe. i guess don's government is reportedly agreed to the demands of a far brand cleric in return for ending a mass sit in of tens of thousands of his supporters around parliament the prime minister is u
brussels yuri skeptics often forget is that margaret search of balance those warnings with a staunch defense of britain's place at the heart of. the truth is though that these days and that speech will be a hard sell it's growing and. sentiment it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to please those within his party rest of us sidelines we can't believe it because this is going on this sort of fear for angry family squabble all out in the open i mean. the tory party with so much riding on...
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defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and in case a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence here to punish international affairs experts believe that this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. i know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you work and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. a high price tag to overthrow a government the arab spring has drained the cost countries like libya egypt according to the latest estimates stay with us to find out the bills for changing a regime. summoned to
defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and in case a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence here to punish international affairs experts believe that this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. i know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you...
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brussels all yuri skeptics often forget is that margaret thatcher balance those warnings with a staunch defense of britain's place at the heart of. the truth is though that these days and that speech will be a hard sell it's growing and. sentiment it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to keep the days within his a party rest of us sidelined for can't believe this is going on here for angry family squabble all out in the open i mean destroyed the tory party with so much riding on this speech he tries to please everyone i think. the very real risk of pleasing no one to. say the time has come for the big you are delayed so many times already it's being nicknamed the tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow speech it's now expected you get some more sarah. london when it looks like the speech is staying true to its name has been delayed again we just learned that the prime minister has responded due to the hostage situation in algeria it hasn't been announced when it will now go ahead that speech but we'll let you know as soon as we find. and in a few minutes from now we've got more in the u.k. but y
brussels all yuri skeptics often forget is that margaret thatcher balance those warnings with a staunch defense of britain's place at the heart of. the truth is though that these days and that speech will be a hard sell it's growing and. sentiment it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to keep the days within his a party rest of us sidelined for can't believe this is going on here for angry family squabble all out in the open i mean destroyed the tory party with so much riding on this speech...
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from brussels yuri skeptics often forget is that margaret such a balance those warnings with a staunch defense of britain's place at the heart of. the truth is though that these days and that speech will be a hard sell it's growing and. sentiment it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to please those within his party because you will know europe has been an issue in the tory party for the best part of thirty forty years i mean the rest of us sidelined can't believe this is going on here for angry family squabbles all out in the open i mean destroy the tory party would say much avoiding on the speech if he tries to please everyone if you can the very real risk of pleasing no one to. say the time has come for the big you are delayed so many times already it's been nicknamed that laura and. well if you can i do stay tuned on friday as we bring you special coverage of david cameron's big speech on europe. we go starting with. that is involving thousands. gathered in the southeast of originally at a memorial for three female activists killed last week in paris and one of the women was a co-found
from brussels yuri skeptics often forget is that margaret such a balance those warnings with a staunch defense of britain's place at the heart of. the truth is though that these days and that speech will be a hard sell it's growing and. sentiment it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to please those within his party because you will know europe has been an issue in the tory party for the best part of thirty forty years i mean the rest of us sidelined can't believe this is going on here for...
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some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against the strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the bridge but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redoun
some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against the strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the bridge but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia...
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our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of. cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely anachronistic there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirteen look set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people these are all of the arty belin. and the rounds nuclear negotiations still going nowhere this week factors tom broke down with no agreement but the western sanctions put a further drain on struggling citizens a week before shortly. but syria real for after tuesday's violence that killed dozens of people at a univ
our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of. cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely anachronistic there appear to be historical cultural...